Pool structure

ABSTRACT

A pool structure includes multiple composing members detachably connected one by one to form an enclosure. A water-proof liner is disposed among and retained by the composing members. Therefore, water can be added into and stored in the pool structure to form a water pool for different kinds of purposes. The pool structure can be quickly and easily assembled, and, moreover, the pool structure can also be disassembled in a similar manner as in the assembly.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to a pool structure, and moreparticularly to a pool structure that can be quickly assembled ordisassembled.

[0003] 2. Description of Related Art

[0004] Pools are very popular articles used for various purposes, forexample, a garden pool or a fish pool placed in a garden for ornamentalpurposes, a bathing pool or a splashing pool for kids to play withwater, or even a water pool simply for storing water. However, the poolscurrently available are usually inconvenient to construct, and thereforehave a limited commercial appeal. Moreover, once a pool is built, it israther a permanent article, and cannot be easily disassembled, and evenwhen it can be disassembled it turns out to be a lengthy andinconvenient process. Therefore, to overcome the shortcomings, thepresent invention tends to provide a pool structure which can be easilyand quickly assembled in a low cost way, and also convenientlydisassembled when not in use to mitigate or obviate the aforementionedproblems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0005] The main objective of the present invention is to provide a poolstructure that can be quickly and easily assembled and disassembled.

[0006] Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the inventionwill become more apparent from the following detailed description whentaken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0007] To achieve the mentioned objectives, the pool structure inaccordance with the present invention includes multiple composingmembers detachably connected one by one to form an enclosure. Awater-proof liner is disposed among and retained by the multiplecomposing members, whereby water is able to be added in the poolstructure and stored on the water-proof liner to create a water pool.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0008]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pool structure in accordancewith the present invention;

[0009]FIG. 2 is an exploded, perspective view of a composing member ofthe pool structure;

[0010]FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the composing member;

[0011]FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a peg inserted into acorresponding key-hole;

[0012]FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the peg locked in the key-hole;and

[0013]FIG. 6 is a top view of another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0014] With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, a pool structure in accordancewith the present invention includes multiple composing members (10), anda water-proof liner (20) disposed among and retained by the composingmembers (10).

[0015] With reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, each one of the composingmembers (10) has a top surface (102), a bottom surface (104), and a sidewall (106) integrally connecting the top surface (102) and the bottomsurface (104). A front surface (108) and a rear surface (109) areintegrally and respectively connected to two opposite ends of the sidewall (106). A chamber (12) having a side opening is defined in eachcomposing member (10) and surrounded by the top surface (102), thebottom surface (104), the side wall (106), the front surface (108) andthe rear surface (109). Multiple hooks (14) are formed on an upperportion of the side wall (106) and spaced in a proper distance. Multipleretainers (16) located above the hooks (14) are integrally formed withthe top surface (102) and the side wall (106), and each retainer (16)has a mortise (162) defined therein. Each composing member (10) has abracket (18) composed of a base plate (182) and a side plate (184)orthogonal to the base plate (182). Multiple tenons (186) are formed onthe side plate (184) and configured to be respectively received in themortises (162). With reference to FIGS. 2, 4 and 5, multiple buttons(1082) are integrally formed on each of the front surface (108), andeach button (1082) has a large head (1084) and a slender neck (1086).Multiple key-holes (1092) are defined through the rear surface (109),and each key-hole (1092) is further divided into an upper hole (1094)and a lower hole (1096), wherein the upper hole (1094) is substantiallylarger than the lower hole (1096). More specifically, the head (1084) ofthe button (1082) has a size that is able to extend through the upperhole (1094) but not the lower hole (1096).

[0016] The water-proof liner (20) is made of a non-permeable materialand has multiple looped edges (22) each corresponding to one of thecomposing members (10). Multiple rods (30) are configured torespectively extend through the looped edges (22).

[0017] When assembling the pool structure, the composing members (10)are arranged to line up one by one and form an enclosure. The composingmembers (10) are connected by mating the buttons (1082) with thekey-holes (1092). More specifically, the heads (1084) of the buttons(108) first respectively extend through the upper holes (1094) and thenare moved downwardly so that the necks (1086) securely locate in thecorresponding lower holes (1096). At this moment, due to the heads(1086) being too large to pass through the lower holes (1096), thecomposing members (10) can not be separated horizontally with respect tothe ground. The water-proof liner (20) is then disposed among thecomposing members (10), and the rods (30) are respectively inserted intothe looped edges (22) of the water-proof liner (20). Furthermore, thelooped edges (22) together with the rods (30) inside are respectivelyretained onto the hooks (14). Finally, the brackets (18) arerespectively mounted onto the composing members (10) by extending thetenons (186) into the corresponding mortises (162).

[0018] After assembly, water can be added into the pool structure andstored by the water-proof liner (20) so that a water pool is created. Itis noted from the above description that the pool structure can bequickly and conveniently assembled in a low cost way. Moreover, when thepool structure is not in use, it can also so be disassembled quickly andconveniently by following reverse procedures with respect to theassembling.

[0019] It is also noted that although the foregoing description and theaccompanying drawings show a pool structure having a hexagonalconfiguration, other configurations can be adapted as well. Withreference to FIG. 6, another preferred embodiment of the presentinvention having a square configuration is shown and includes fourcomposing members (10′) and a liner (20′). Based on the forgoingdescription, modifications have to be made on the composing members(10′) and the liner (20′) in order to form the square configuration andalso other configurations as well. However, these modifications shouldbe obvious from the description incorporated herewith and can be easilyadapted by those skilled in the art. Hence, further description anddrawings are omitted.

[0020] It is to be understood, however, that even though numerouscharacteristics and advantages of the present invention have been setforth in the foregoing description, together with details of thestructure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrativeonly, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape,size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention tothe full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms inwhich the appended claims are expressed.

What is claimed is:
 1. A pool structure comprising: multiple composingmembers detachably connected one by one to form an enclosure; and awater-proof liner disposed among and retained by the multiple composingmembers, whereby water is able to be added in the pool structure andstored on the water-proof liner to create a water pool.
 2. The poolstructure as claimed in claim 1, wherein each one of the composingmembers has multiple buttons formed on a front surface of the composingmember and multiple key-holes defined in a rear surface of the composingmember so that the multiple button on one composing member are able tobe detachably inserted into the key-holes in adjacent composing member.3. The pool structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein the water-proofliner has multiple looped edges, and multiple rods extend through themultiple looped edges to be retained onto multiple hooks formed on themultiple composing members.
 4. The pool structure as claimed in claim 3further comprising multiple brackets respectively mounted on themultiple composing members to cover the multiple looped edges, themultiple rods and the multiple hooks.
 5. The pool structure as claimedin claim 4 further comprising multiple tenons formed on the multiplebrackets and multiple mortises formed on the multiple composing members,wherein the multiple tenons mate with the multiple mortise to mount themultiple brackets onto the multiple composing members.